Gear



Audio mixing console with ProTools.

Microphones

  • Wunder Audio CM 7 Suprema
  • Flea Microphones Flea49
  • Neumann M149 x2
  • Peluso 2247
  • Handmade Neumann U67 reproduction, with Neumann K67 capsules and Neumann transformers x2
  • Handmade AKG C12 tube microphone reproductions, with TK12 capsules and 1950 RCA tubes, x2
  • Handmade Nuemann 47FET reproduction, with Neumann K47 capsule
  • Royer R-122V matched pair tube ribbon mics
  • AEA R44 ribbon mic
  • Miktek C5 small diaphragm condensers, matched pair
  • sE Electronics RN17, with omni and cardioid capsules  x3
  • AKG C451 E, vintage
  • AKG C451B
  • AKG C414 EB, vintage, silver body x2
  • AKG D12, vintage
  • Shure SM57's
  • Shure Beta52
  • Sennheiser MD421 x2
  • Sennheiser MD409, vintage
  • ElectroVoice RE20
  • “Subkick” speaker microphone
Solaris DAC.

Monitoring

  • Amphion Two-18 with Amphion Amp700
  • Yamaha NS-10M STUDIO monitor speakers
  • Bryston 2B-LP stereo amplifier
  • Amphion amp500 stereo power amp, 500 watt Class D
  • Auratone 5C Super Sound Cubes
  • Crown D75 stereo power amp
  • Crookwood M1-7ai mastering console, with AES cabling throughout
  • Rupert Neve Designs RNHP-1 mastering grade headphone amplifier
  • Audeze LCD-X mastering grade planar magnetic headphones
  • Dorrough Digital Meters
  • Ward-Beck VU meter bank
  • Behgringer X32 rack with 6x P16 personal monitor mixers

Digital

  • Apogee Symphony I/O Mk II x2, 32 channels IO total
  • Burl Audio B2 ADC
  • Cranesong Solaris mastering DAC
  • Prism Sound Lyra interface

Massive Passive in the rack at Rusty Recordings

Equalizers

  • Manley Massive Passive stereo tube equalizer
  • Barry Porter EQ custom analog mastering equalizer
  • IJ Research Sontec reproduction stereo equalizer
  • API 560 graphic equalizers (x2)
  • API 550b
  • API 565 Filter Bank high pass-low pass-notch filters (x2)
  • Kush Audio Clariphonic High Frequency equalizer
  • Rupert Neve Designs 551 transformer-based equalizers (x2)
  • Chandler TG-12345 MkIV x2
  • Maag Audio EQ4
  • Little Labs Voice of God Low Frequency Resonance Equalizer
  • Audio Maintenance Limited ez1073 Neve-style equalizers (x3)
  • Handmade Helios 69 equalizer reproductio
  • Handmade Neumann W492 reproduction
  • Drip Electronics Pultec EQP-1A
Audio mixing with Pendulum Audio OCL.

Compressors

  • Manley Vari-Mu mastering version
  • Pendulum Audio ES-8
  • Pendulum Audio OCL-2
  • API 2500 stereo bus compressor
  • Empirical Labs Distressor EL-8 compressors (x2)
  • Rupert Neve Designs 535 (x2)
  • Anthony Demaria Labs ADL-1000
  • Dbx 160XT VCA compressors (x2)
  • Universal Audio LA-4, with custom op amp upgrades (x2)
  • Serpent Audio SB4000 SSL-style stereo bus compressor
  • IJ Research Neve 33609 reproduction with Carnhill Transformers
  • Handmade UREI LA-3A reproduction, with vintage UA transformers
  • Drip Electronics GATES STA-LEVEL reproduction tube compressor
  • Hairball Audio 1176 Blue Stripe reproduction FET compressor
  • Hairball Audio 1176 Revision D reproduction FET compressors (x2)
Kat Moore recording session using Royer R 12V mics.

Preamplifiers

  • BAE 1084
  • BAE 1073MPL
  • CAPI VP312, with Cinemag input transformers and vintage Jensen output transformers x10
  • GML 8302 four channel transformerless preamp
  • Demter VTMP-2C stereo tube preamp
  • Audio Maintenance Limited ex1073 Neve-style preamp/eq’s x3

Summing

  • Handmade 32 channel summing amplifier with 1978 API 325 cards and two stereo subgroups
Bricasti M7 reverb in the rack.

Other Outboard

  • Bricasti M7 True Stereo Reverb Processor
  • Rupert Neve Designs 542 analog tape simulator
  • Thermionic Culture Vulture tube stereo distortion generator
  • Demeter RV-1D Real Spring Reverb
  • TC Electronics TC-1210 chorus and spatial expander, vintage
  • DIYRE Colour with telephone and tape delay modules
  • MCI JH-110 ¼” 2-track tape machine
Amplifiers used at Rusty Recordings

Amplifiers

  • Matchless Chieftain 2-12 tube guitar amp
  • Fender Super Reverb, 1965 blackface, vintag
  • Brown Note Marshall 1974 boutique reproduction, x2
  • Gibson GA-5, 1957, vintage
  • Gibson GA-5, 1947, vintage
  • Randall RB-60 bass amplifier
  • Ampeg SVT-VR bass amp with 8x10 cabinetd
  • Leslie 147 rotating speaker, vintage
  • 1980's Marshall 2x12 cabinet with vintage Celestion speaker
Amphion amp700 stereo power amp

Software

  • Pro Tools Studio
  • Izotope Rx10 Advanced
  • Melodyne Studio
  • Ivory 2 virtual instrument
  • Native Instruments Cremona Quartet virtual instrument
  • Plug Ins by Acustica-Audio, FabFilter, Soundtoys, many others
Rusty Recordings workbench for audio equipment.
Homemade 47FET reproduction.
Building a Helios 69 reproduction.